Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Todd Koons, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Epic Roots, i kāna ʻoihana ma ka ʻoihana huahana ma 1978, i ka makahiki 19, ma ke ʻano he luna hale ʻai no kahi hale ʻaina Farani kiʻekiʻe ma San Francisco Berkeley. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kēlā mau lā ma ke alanui, e kūʻai ana i nā meaʻai hou no ka papa kuhikuhi, me ka letus hou no nā salakeke. I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole i kūʻai kūʻai ʻia ka letus lau pēpē, no laila ua hoʻohana nā kuki i nā hola e wehe i nā lau o waho o ka lau lau nui a hiki i nā lau liʻiliʻi a palupalu i loko.
Ua loli kēlā i ka wā i hele ai kekahi o nā mea nona ka hale ʻaina a me ka mea kuke i ʻEulopa a ʻike i ka mesclun. Hoʻihoʻi mai ʻo ia a hoʻomaka i kahi māla liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka hale ʻaina, mālama ʻia e Koons a me ke poʻo chef.
Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kēlā hana i ka makahiki 1980 a ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i waho, akā ua hoʻi i Kaleponi e hana ana no kahi kīhāpai kūlanakauhale ma Berkeley i ʻekolu holoi ʻia ka salakeke pēpē pēpē e kūʻai aku ai i nā hale ʻaina kiʻekiʻe. Ua alakaʻi ʻia kēlā hana i ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā no kahi mea kanu lāʻau ma ke awāwa ʻo Salinas, a ma laila ʻo ia i hoʻoholo ai e hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia iā Todd Koons Organics - TKO Farms - i ka hopena o 1980s, me ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā hui saladi kūlohelohe kiʻekiʻe, kūpaʻa a puni ka makahiki. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Koons me ʻeono hui salakeke, a ʻo kāna manaʻo nui i ka ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka hui pūnāwai kumu i loaʻa ma kahi o 16 mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo like ʻole i loko, wahi āna.
ʻO Koons kekahi o nā mea kanu mua i kūʻai aku i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo organik, no laila pono e hoʻomohala ʻia nā kaʻina hana a me nā mea pono. Ua kūkulu ʻo ia i kahi ʻōnaehana holoi holoi kelepona a me kahi hoʻopihapiha hoʻopihapiha i hoʻopiha a hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻeke o ka salakeke i holoi ʻia. ʻO kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana, a me ka nānā ʻana i ka huahana kiʻekiʻe, ka hopena i ka ulu wikiwiki o TKO Farms. I ka makahiki 1989, kūʻai aku ʻo TKO i kekahi mau haneli kaukani kālā o ka huahana, akā i ka makahiki 1993 ua piʻi i $15 miliona. I ka makahiki 1996, ua loaʻa i ka Earthbound Farms nā makemake o ka hui, a laila hoʻolaha ʻo Todd i nā laina saladi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no nā mea ʻai ʻo Misionero, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke haʻalele i ka ʻoihana saladi hou.
I ka makahiki 1998, ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ka nele o ka hana hou ʻana i nā salakeke lettuce hui ʻia, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Koons i ka Epic Roots e hoʻolaʻa hou i ka mākeke salad kūikawā me ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina Mâche a me Mâche-based salad mixes. Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻomau ka ulu ʻana o ka mākeke ʻoki hou, a pēlā pū ka laina Epic Roots o ka hui ʻana o ka saladi.
Hāʻawi ka hui i ka heirloom Mâche Rosettes, Loose Leaf Mâche, a me ʻehā hui ʻana i ka lawelawe meaʻai a me nā ʻeke kūʻai kūʻai e hoʻohui pū ana i nā lau lau ʻē aʻe i loko o ka hui Mâche: Salade Aux Herbes (me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻono a me nā mea kanu hou), Salade Européen (me radicchio a me nā puʻuwai melemele. frisée), Salade Verte (me ka arugula a me ka huila ʻono a ʻono o nā greens.), Red Romance (me Lolla Rosa, Red Leaf, Red Oak a me Red Romaine). Hāʻawi pū ʻo Epic Roots i kahi Chard Mix mākaukau (me ke gula, ʻalani, ʻulaʻula, ʻulaʻula a keʻokeʻo paha). Ke hoʻolaha nei ka hui i kahi huahana hou ma ka Produce Marketing Association's Foodservice Show, Iulai 24-26 ma Monterey, Kaleponi.
Hoʻoulu ʻia ka Mâche a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina ma ke awāwa ʻo Salinas a hana ʻia ma ka hale kanu ʻo San Juan Bautista True Leaf Farms ma kahi laina i hoʻolālā ʻia a nona nā Epic Roots. No ka mea maʻalahi ʻo Mâche a pono e mālama pono ʻia, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Epic Roots i kahi laina hou me ke kōkua o ka mea hana mea hana Italia ʻo Turatti Srl e hōʻemi ana i ka pilina kanaka a hoʻoneʻe mālie i ka huahana ma o ka hana ʻana.
"Ua kūkulu kūikawā ʻia ka laina no Mâche Rosettes e mālama i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo maʻalahi me ka mālama nui i ka wā o ka holoi ʻana a me ka hoʻomaloʻo ʻana," wahi a Catherine Baggott, Luna Hoʻokele a me Sales no Epic Roots. "Ua nui ka poino ke hana ole ia me ka pololei."
Ua paʻakikī loa nā laina holoi maʻamau i nā rosettes Mâche, no laila ua kūkulu ʻo Turatti a me Epic Roots i kahi ʻōnaehana e hoʻohana ana i nā hoe a me ka ea i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻoneʻe i ka huahana ma o ka holoi. Hoʻolei ka ʻōnaehana mīkini i nā hua i loko o nā mea maloʻo milo, e hōʻemi ana i ka hopena ma nā lau. Hoʻolālā ʻia nā mea maloʻo me kahi hohonu, ākea a me ka wikiwiki e hoʻopau i ka pōʻino i ka wā e hoʻomaloʻo ai.
Ua uku ʻia ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka laina hou, wahi a Baggott, ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōpala liʻiliʻi no ka ulu ʻana a me ka hana ʻana, a loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku kahi huahana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
ʻO ke kumu ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka huahana maikaʻi ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i ka ulu ʻana. Ma waho aʻe o ka lilo ʻana i lālā i hōʻoia ʻia o ka California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, pili ka hui i nā mea āpau mai ke koho ʻana i ka hua a hiki i nā hana ʻohi. He mea koʻikoʻi nā hana ulu hoʻomau i nā Epic Roots a me kāna mau mea kūʻai aku, i hōʻike ʻia i loko o ka pahu. Hana ʻia nā ʻili liʻiliʻi mai NatureWorks PLA - he mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka kulina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Baggott e hoʻololi ʻia ka ʻeke i kahi pūʻolo polyethylene terepthalate (PETE) i ka hāʻule. He mea maʻalahi ka PETE i hoʻohana hou ʻia i nui i loko o ke kahawai ʻōpala o ke kūlanakauhale, a hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻana i nā meaʻawaʻawa a i ʻole nā kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā wahi he nui ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka hana hoʻopuehu," wahi āna.
ʻO ka pahuhopu ʻo Epic Roots ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi mea ʻono kūʻokoʻa, meaʻai nui a me nā huahana versatile, kahi huahana kaulana loa ma ʻEulopa, wahi a Baggott. No ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻono - ʻono a me ka nutty - ua hana pū ka hui me nā huahana huahana ʻē aʻe. I Iulai, e hana ʻo Epic Roots i kahi hoʻolaha me Northwest cherries e hoʻolaha i ka hua a me ka salakeke, a ma ʻAukake e hana ana ka hui me nā pears Kaleponi.
"ʻO ka ʻono Mâche e hāʻawi iā ia iho i nā huaʻai a me nā nati, a ʻo ka hui pū ʻana me ka lau lau he "ala maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e ʻai ai i ka hua," wahi a Baggott.
No ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻaʻole paha i kamaʻāina i ka Mâche rosette salad green, Epic Roots he nui nā koho o nā meaʻai ma kāna pūnaewele, www.epicroots.com. Aia nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā salakeke, nā mea ʻai, nā ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao a me nā ʻano hoʻokomo like ʻole, a me nā ʻano ʻai mai nā chef kaulana. Aia kekahi ʻāpana ma ka pūnaewele kahi e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻouka i kā lākou ʻike ponoʻī a nānā i nā hoʻouna mai nā mea hoʻohana ʻē aʻe.